The 2034 World Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia and the 2030 World Cup will be held across Morocco, Portugal and Spain with three one-off matches held in three South American countries, FIFA confirmed in an extraordinary general congress.
The decision was announced by FIFA president Gianni Infantino following a virtual congress. The 2030 and 2034 World Cups each had only a single bid and both were confirmed by acclamation by the applause of more than 200 FIFA member federations.
Saudi Arabia was the only bidder for the 2034 edition of tournament.
The 211 member federations were also presented with a sole voting option for the 2030 competition in which Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina — countries that had earlier promoted a rival co-hosting bid — will each host one match to start the tournament.
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